# HG changeset patch
# User Alain Mazy <am@osimis.io>
# Date 1649089479 -7200
# Node ID 2feb91573a2b499f80e0fc64fa1a838d70d99a65
# Parent  21a522ca4ce970ae779f001ea477dd539e51083d
scalability

diff -r 21a522ca4ce9 -r 2feb91573a2b Sphinx/source/faq/scalability.rst
--- a/Sphinx/source/faq/scalability.rst	Fri Mar 25 17:30:48 2022 +0100
+++ b/Sphinx/source/faq/scalability.rst	Mon Apr 04 18:24:39 2022 +0200
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@
   than the storage area. This should improve the use of the available
   bandwidth to the disks.
 
+* If your Orthanc instance is performing a lot of IO requests in parallel
+  e.g because many clients are reading/writing DICOM files at the same
+  time, you should consider using an :ref:`object storage <object-storage>` 
+  plugin to store your files.
+
 * The :ref:`Orthanc configuration file <configuration>` should have
   the following values for performance-related options (but make sure
   to understand their implications):